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Rivière Noire

We haven't actually run this river yet, but we plan to in July 2025. We'll add information about the river as we collect it. What we know so far is that the Noire has a lot of whitewater, and a lot of switchback curves through it's more sandy environment.

Nights: Anywhere from 2 and up. There are lots of options for put-ins.

Paddling distance: 238 total km, but you can choose however much you want to paddle. See the custom map below for ideas.

Outfitter: You can shuttle yourself with two or more cars, or use an outfitter. It's apparently a long brutal road though.

Possible put-ins: See custom map below for ideas. They are marked with a boat launch icon.

Other resources:

Voyageur Tripper's summary of the Noire

A sandy winding river

That's a seriously winding river. It's quite beautiful in the way the path keeps changing leaving elbow lakes behind. In the 30 years since Hap Wilson drew the drawings for his Rivers of the Upper Ottawa Valley book, this river has closed some of those loops and made new ones.

We hear that the sandy campsites can become irritating after awhile. We're trying to plan ahead for this and be ready for the sand in everything. Regular camp chairs, for instance, will sink into the sand so we'll need to find solutions for that.

There are no lakes on the section of the Noire that we plan on paddling in 2025. It'll be interesting to see how it feels to go down a river and never seeing the long view. I don't love large lakes when on a whitewater trip, but will I miss it? Will the winding back and forth get annoying after days of it? I love small rivers, so I doubt bit, but we'll see.

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Rivière Noire

A sandy winding river

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